Stuck In Love (2013)

Stuck In Love Synopsis

Three years past his divorce, veteran novelist Bill Borgens (Academy AwardŽ nominee Greg Kinnear) canšt stop obsessing over, let alone spying on, his ex-wife Erica (Academy AwardŽ winner Jennifer Connelly), who ignominiously left him for another man. Even as his neighbor-with-benefits, Tricia (Kristen Bell, House of Lies), tries to push him back into the dating pool, he remains blind to anyone elsešs charms. Meanwhile, his fiercely independent collegiate daughter Samantha (Lily Collins, Mirror Mirror) is publishing her first novel while recoiling at the very thought of first love with a diehard romantic (Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower); and his teen son Rusty (Nat Wolff, Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding) is trying to find his voice, both as a fantasy writer and as the unexpected boyfriend of a dream girl with unsettlingly real problems. As each of these situations mounts into a tangled trio of romantic holiday crises, it brings the Borgens to surprising revelations about how endings become beginnings.

This is one thing that unites every member of the Borgens family. Father William (Kinnear) is a celebrated author who has been suffering from major writer's block since his wife Erica (Connelly) left him for a younger, fitter man. His teen children are also both aspiring writers. Rusty (Wolff) is a science fiction enthusiast who admires Stephen King and seems destined for heartbreak when he pursues a gorgeous but troubled girl (Trespass's Liana Liberato).